N. K. JEMISIN
N. K. Jemisin (nkjemisin.com) lives and writes in Brooklyn, New York, and has published nine novels, including the Inheritance trilogy, the Dreamblood duology, the Broken Earth trilogy (which includes Hugo winners The Fifth Season, The Obelisk Gate, and The Stone Sky), and The City We Became. She is the only person to win three consecutive Hugo Awards for Best Novel. Jemisin’s short fiction has been published in Clarkesworld, Postscripts, Strange Horizons, Jim Baen’s Universe, and various print anthologies and is collected in How Long ’til Black Future Month? She has also won a Nebula Award, two Locus Awards, and a number of other honors. Jemisin is also a member of the Altered Fluid writing group. In addition to writing, she has been a counseling psychologist and educator (specializing in career counseling and student development), a hiker and biker, and a political/feminist/antiracist blogger. She is a former reviewer for the New York Times Book Review and still writes occasional long-form reviews for them.